No. 2 seed Melzer upset at Winston-Salem

Russia's Igor Andreev eliminated No. 2 seed Jurgen Melzer with a 7-5, 6-3 win on Monday in the second round of the Winston-Salem Open, the final men's tournament before the US Open.

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Russia's Igor Andreev eliminated No. 2 seed Jurgen Melzer with a 7-5, 6-3 win on Monday in the second round of the Winston-Salem Open, the final men's tournament before the US Open.

Melzer had trouble coping with Andreev's serves, some of which were clocked at 125 mph (201 kph). Andreev, who won points on 77 percent of his first serves, is ranked 79th in the ATP rankings.

Australian former No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt was eliminated in the first round with a 6-4, 7-6 (3) loss to Slovenia's Blaz Kavcic. The 24-year-old Kavcic, who played in a tournament in Uzbekistan over the weekend, didn't arrive in Winston-Salem until 3 a.m. Monday.

"He's the biggest name player I've beaten," Kavcic said. "I just tried to attack a little bit with my forehand and I think I need to do that a little more."

Hewitt, 30, who has missed the last five weeks while recovering from a foot injury, has won 28 career singles titles with two grand slams.

Hewitt said his foot bothered him, but Kavcic simply played better.

"He doesn't have any obvious weaknesses out there," Hewitt said. "His serve is a little patchy at times but some of the break-point opportunities I did get he came up with some good first serves."